Raymond Jordan Senior Center Book Club

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading
Event Details:

Come join us for a book club at the Raymond Jordan Senior Center! 

Love to read? If so, then meet us at the Raymond Jordan Senior Center for our monthly Book Club, where we delve into the heart of historical fiction, non-fiction, and even memoir. Adults 18+

Wiggle Worms Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us each week for a quiet and sensory friendly storytime for babies and toddlers who are not yet walking. Siblings welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Circle Time Fun

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us for songs, rhymes and a story or two at Circle Time Fun.

Come join us for education fun and learning at a librarian facilitated playgroup!  An adult must accompany and consistently supervise children.  No registration required, just drop in. Birth to 5 years, siblings welcome. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Tiny Tots Sensory Fun

10:30am - 11:15pm
Babies & Toddlers
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Bring your little ones for some sensory fun this fall and let us worry about cleaning up the mess!

Every Thursday we will offer an array of toddler friendly sensory activities to work on motor skills. Aimed at toddlers, but siblings welcome.

Weather permitting, this program will be held on the children's patio!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Job Corps Information Table

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens, Adults
East Springfield Branch
Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Work & Careers
Event Details:

Stop by to learn about Job Corps. Job Corps is a free residential and job training program that helps both young adults as well as adults 25 years and older who have a disability to gain employment.

Reservation

Springfield Partners for Community Action Board of Directors Elections

1:00pm - 4:45pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Room: SA Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

We hold annual elections for our Board of Directors.

Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Want to hang out with other artists? Join our Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club. 

We supply the artist-quality crayons, pencils and pens and coloring pages, to spark your creativity. Just drop by The Homework Center and color your stress away. For tweens and teens. 

Computer Basics: Part 3

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Central Library
Waitlist
Registration
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Hands-on workshops to build basic computer skills.

This is the final part of "Computer Basics," a 3-week series designed to teach everything you need to start exploring on your own.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

Adult Chess Club

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens, Adults
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Rice Hall
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

The adult chess club is for chess players of all levels, from beginner to advanced. Whether you're looking for a casual game or a competitive match, check out the library's adult chess club. It meets every Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00

STCC Information Table

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Rotunda
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Work & Careers
Event Details:

Stop by to learn about free job training and adult education classes offered by Springfield Technical Community College. 

Free classes include 

Sew Fun! Drop-In

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop-in for our weekly studio session. From sewing a button or hemming pants, to following a pattern to construct a garment using a sewing machine, our sewing volunteer can help you get started!

Meet Me at the Library

3:00pm - 4:45pm
Children
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

It's an afterschool playdate at the library! Stop by between 3:00 - 4:45 for plenty of family friendly fun.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Crochet Crafters

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Come and join us for the fun of learning to crochet!

This program is a series of classes on the basics of crochet and making 3D objects.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Ukulele Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tweens, Teens
East Springfield Branch
Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops
Event Details:

Always wanted to learn an instrument? Drop in to our beginner ukulele club and start learning your favorite songs! Ages 12-18

Freestyle Lego Club

3:30pm - 4:45pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Esmeralda Santiago Book Discussion Group

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Brightwood Branch
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Brightwood Branch
Room: BW Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

Let’s continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by gathering to discuss books written by award-winning author Esmeralda Santiago including When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and her latest Las Madres

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

Reservation

Sector F Meeting

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Mason Square Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: MS Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

The primary purpose of the beat community meeting is to allow beat residents, other community stakeholders, and police to discuss chronic problems on the beat and to engage in problem-solving.